good morning today, why so many people are misusing the drugs that treat adhd. plus one young boy's inspiring story of survival. and a man who has interviewed dozens of famous musicians. unusual song that inspired a lifetime love for music next on the morning blend. ? ? [ music ] ? ?

[laughter] i'm with people who think that. >> good morning everybody. we want it start out with a warning about kids and drugs. a new study says almost one in five college student abuses prescription stimulants. younger kids are also using them. these are medications that are used for adhd or attention deficit disorder which is a common diagnosis. >> many think this helps them some use it for recreational use as well. dr. john duffy joins us with more on this alarming trend. thanks for being here. >> always good to see you. >> cool tie i just noticed that. >> let's talky talk about your . it's pretty cool. >> this is perfect for adhd. >> we were just talking about this on break.

>> >> now you know what adhd is. [laughter] >> undiagnosed. >> no medication here. [laughter] >> i think this is one of the topics we were chatting during the break because i was saying a lot of people try adhd medication because they have heard if you try it you will know if you have it, if you, because you will either be able to focus or you won't. is that true? >> that is often the metric. there is a and pediatricians that will diagnose a moderate dose to see if it makes a perceptible change. i like the idea of a moderate dose. >> let's set a few things straight. we're using the acronym adhd because we're taking in both add and adhd which is the hyper active component of it. is it fair to say some kids and adults need this medication in

while at school and focus because they have a true diagnoseable problem? >> great question. should that be true i think it's a very very small population of people. think oftentimes when people are having trouble focusing, and they are inattentive, it is anxiety or depression or other issues that are primary that are driving those issues. so i think there might ab small group of people who truly have adhd as a diagnosis, but it's not as broad diagnosed. >> so is it, in your opinion, over diagnosed and the use of these medications misuse by prescribing it too frequently? >> i would argue it is wildly overdiagnosed. i think we are starting to pathologyize normal behaviors especially in young people where it is like i can't be attentive

a generation ago neither could we. it's normal behavior i think we have gotten to the point where we're not accepting of that. in the classroom at home we're starting to think in order to keep a competitive advantage and keep up with everybody else we're going to get kids on these medications so they can keep up. that's part of the problem with the onslaught of this diagnosis in recent years. >> even to talking to someone i know that thought maybe i have adhd they found later maybe i'm just a kinetic learner somebody that has to be moving to learn. i think learning different styles might help us take back some of the medication right? >> bless you for that tiffany. absolutely 100%. i think we're not attending enough to different behavior patterns and learning styles and instead we're expecting kids to learn in this cookie cutter way and some kids don't learn that way.

with their strengths i agree completely. >> one in five college kids abuses prescription stimulants which are the modecations we're talking about -- medications we're talking about. one in seven nonstudents of similar age also report using it. they say it helps them improve their work performance, their ability to study, focus, their ability to stay awake because they are a stimulant. kids are being prescribed it and passing it onto their friends right? >> absolutely yes. feel like it is stealing. your one in five number in my experience, it is higher significantly higher than one in five. >> because that's probably who reports it and admits to it. >> right. kids are us us using it abusing. they are taking it to taketivities to prepare for finals because they work as advertised. they do help you focus. the problem is that they also make kids feel odd a lot of the

where they start to abuse the drug. they don't take it as prescribed and sometimes that can get to be really troubling. i have worked with some college students who have dropped out in part because of the effects of the use of these drugs. >> so will it true or false help everyone focus because of the stimulant part of it? >> no. it will not help everyone focus. it will help some people focus who really, really suffe significant diagnoseable attention issues, but we are diagnosing a lot of young people in particular, boys in particular who probably don't need treatment and medication for this thing they just need to be accommodated for their learning style. >> what are you seeing in your practice? because you treat a lot of young people. i think a lot of parents who are watching are fascinated to know what they say to you behind closed doors in your office. about these drugs and what is going on.

complaint is, my kid isn't doing well in college. my kid isn't attending well. more boys than girls, but starting to even out a little bit. so, that's the common complaint, younger and younger and younger. it used to be high school kids, creme kids now -- college kids, now it is middle school, grammar school kids and an awful lot of these kids are being hyper medicated to manage their behavior. >> i wonder if it's worth getting into any o the way the medicine works because it's a psycho semitic type of medication which means it really affects the chemicals in your brain specifically dopamine is one. a lot of people might be overdiagnosed, but don't realize some of the adverse reactions or problems that taking a medication like this could have long-term with their brain chemistry. >> right we don't know necessarily what the long-term effects are going to be for any one person. if they take any other medication or drink or they do

there are interaction effects we can't predict well too. there is a whole mass of variables we have to take into consideration before we just medicaid a child because they are not attending perfectly well in class or school. >> that's a vol volatile time to give a child that medication. >> it really and you have to make sure youy not overmedicating them. >> what are this saying is the reason they are taking it >> a lot of kids will tell you i need this in order to maintain a competitive edge. aua boy recently said it's like performance enhancing in sports. >> your podcast has a new logo i like this undo anxiety. what will people find at your website dr. john duffy.com.

people learn? >> the podcast is really about telling stories that lift taboos around mental health issues and family issues and things like that and we realize we all suffer some degree of undue anxiety, but the more we share our stories the taboos lift and our anxiety lifts a little so we start to undo the undue anxiety. >> love your podcast. love having you here. thank you so much. be sure to visit dr. john duffy.com. the podcast is called undue anxiety. always great to see you. >> thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. still ahead a local doctor the first surgeon to use a brand-new technique helping patients recover faster. we'll explain. this local guy spent his whole life dedicated to music.

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happens every fall. people from across the country join together to take steps to end blood cancers. this year the convenient here in southeastern wisconsin is happening this thursday night in veterans park. it supports research for leukemia and lymphoma. >> i love that. mark merz is dad to liam next to me. he is the walk's honored hero and liz klug is the executive director of the l lymphoma society executive chapter. thank you all for being here. liam was diagnosed at the age of 3 with something the acronym is all which stands for what? >> acute lymphoblastic leukemia. all. >> and you're a parent of a 3-year-old and have you a child with that diagnosis and you're thinking? >> wow i can't believe it's us and here we go. just off for a crazy adventure we never planned on and very very scary, but um, you know

being how do we help our son? so we've been the beneficiary of all of the incredible developments that the organization have driven. last month we celebrated liam's three year anniversary of being cancer free. >> high five. >> congratulations buddy. >> look at this tiffany this is liam, this is sort of like a necklace, but what he explained during the commercial break is that every single bead on here, look how long a treatment or blood draw right mark? >> liam what do you call those beads? >> my beads of courage. >> that is so awesome. >> that is really awesome. >> do do you have a favorite o? >> this purple heard. th-- heart. >> why do you love that one? >> because i got it when i finished cancer. >> good for you. >> who would give you all of these beads? >> usually my nurse or some

had all of the beads in the bins. >> that is awesome. >> i love that. what is your role as a honored hero what does liam get to do this year? >> what are you doing? helping others understand how important it is to donate to lls and support lls you're proof right? >> i bet when you were in the hospital you saw a lot of other kids there maybe dealing with the same thing as you. do you have anything you would say to other kids going through the same stuff you went through? your doctors, wait for the medicine to do its thing and most importantly just have hope. >> oh. >> that was good. you are a hero. >> holy cow that was awesome. >> you have an important role this year right mark? >> yes i'm the corporate chair. i'm hoping lead the corporate participating and my employer is a national and local sponsor of lls so we're really proud as a company and individually to be

locally, johnson controls, generac and many others they are stepping forward and lots of families and friends also participating. >> that is awesome. >> all right liz we've got to talk about this walk. honestly looking at the video, it just looks cool. and the fact that people are doing it all over the country and they are all there supporting this wonderful cause, i mean, what a fun way to help something that is so critical. >> yup. you're so right. it's a beautiful evening. events in wisconsin. hundreds across the country the first one here in wisconsin is coming up on thursday at veteran's park. we're expecting hundreds of families and companies from throughout southeastern wisconsin to join us. it's really a community celebration. people have been working hard, fis, the merz family and many others have been working hard to raise funds we have a great night in store for them. registration starts at 43:00

registration, but we ask participants to make a donation and to help fundraise. we have the lantern lighting ceremony. our walkers will receive a different lantern depending on what their role is. liam will be carrying a white lantern. there what is that for? >> survivor. blood cancer survivor. and mark and his family and friends walking in honor of liam will and some will be carrying a gold lantern in memory of those we have lost of blood cancer. we invite your viewer and you to come out and join us. >> such a cool evening you are putting on. when lls was founded, all the symptom that liam has was almost always fatal. the funds that have been raised truly have made a huge

expanded and helped all of these cancers? >> that's a great question. so scientific research is a big part of what we do and we're working to continue to make an impact and improve the quality of life for our patients, improve outcomes for blood cancer patients as well as for the people who love them. another important part of what we do we provide support, information and education for patients and here in wisconsin we're very happy to offer financial assistance for things like copays and insurance premiums an travel lots of great information on our website at lls .org. >> i love that support you do and the resources because it can be overwhelming not just emotionally, but also financially. why think for families. let's tell people then can they still be part of light the night and what should they do if they want to help? >> they should get registered. so online registration is still open. light the night .org and they can also just join us the night of registration opens at 4:30 at veteran's park.

the remembrance ceremony at 6:0t 6:30. there you go. 6:00 at veterans park light the night .org. >> you're a pretty cool kid. what grade are you? >> 4th. >> do you know what you want to be when you grow up? >> not really. >> you got some time. >> it was great to meet you. thank you so much for being here. >> appreciate it you guys. >> thank you so much. after the break this morning a local surgeon who is changing the way patients recover. find out who's this new procedure is so different. >> also ahead how one song in this record player laid the foundation for lifetime of love

welcome back to the morning blend. our next guest help to implement a nosologycal technique for patients that require a kidney and liver transplant. we're pleased to welcome dr. ajay sahajpal the director of transplant services at aurora healthcare. thanks for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> nice to see you. >> you too. >> this sounds exciting for people that need this transplant. how do you describe it? >> basically, when someone is critically ill and they need a liver transplant which is 6,000 done a year in this country,

so 10% of those patients need a liver and kidney. so, what we did, the innovation we came up with is just putting the liver and kidney together and implanting them together. rather than through two separate incisions. >> is that what makes it so innovative that you are putting them together? >> yeah putting them together. we have a table where we put things together just like plumbing and, we use a traditional liver transplant incision to put the organs in together. we have one incision, the shorter operative time and faster recovery for patients. >> are they normally that close? >> usually one incision on the top and one towards your leg in the lower belly where we put the kidney in so two big incisions rather than one big incisions. >> how about the organs themselves are they normally that close together? >> actually yes. your right kidney sits right under your liver the right kidney is very close to the liver. >> it makes sense.

standard approach therefore patients are recovering much quicker right? >> yes it's nice to see you can take someone that is critically ill, transplant them and help them recover faster. >> what to your patients say? how do you see them responding to this? >> so far they have been very pleased. some of the patients have found it quite novel and they like to tell their friends about it, but really we just came up with it because i really thought it was a better thing to do for patients to help the recovery. so, i mean, i'm innovative it has become from other people. i have friends that have started doing it for their patients across the country. which i was not expecting to have happen we were just doing it because w we thought it was e right thing to do. >> did you come up wit with it? >> yes. >> do you get other surgeons calling you saying hey what is up with that thing?

europe and across the country asking about it so kind of neat. >> what kind of illness would someone have that would indicate they need both a transplant of a liver and kidney? >> it's about 10%, about 600 a year. usuallysomeone that has been waiting for a live for a long time and the liver starts to fail. as that happens and they are in the incentive care it their kidneys fail and they are on dialysis and need both organs. so we're trying to help those patients recover faster. >> if someone is in that waiting period they are on dialysis, not doing well, can they make a full recovery? >> it's tough. i mean, so yes, the goal is to make a full recovery and the majority do however if you look at liver and heart transplants as a whole if your kidneys fail that's the number one predicter

so, just it's a marker of how sick someone can be. >> what made you want to become a transplant surgeon? >> it's interesting. i never thought that's what i would do. when i went to medical school i thought i was going to do family medicine then i fell in love with surgery. i worked with a liver transplant surgeon that did the first liver transplant in canada and he made me female in love with liver surgery so. >> fell in love with liver surgery, not heart surgery. >> no no. >> i would thinkhi fascinating to ask doctors especially someone that deals with an organ so vital to us. what things would you never do because you know how it affects your liver? >> i think um, as long as, for most things as long as you do things in mod operation it's okay. it's going to extremes -- moderation it's okay.

organ. >> the thing that made me fall in love is when children need a liver transplant because they don't need it because of something they have done. >> how many have you performed do you know? >> probably 50 over the years yeah. >> that's su not super common, t when it is indicated it's really important. >> one of has done six in the past year. >> thanks to you. >> thanks to our team. thanks to milwaukee innovation. >> that's so great. >> people can find out more about the wonderful physicians at aurora and you doctor by going to aurora .org for more information. >> yeah. >> thank you. i appreciate it thank you. still ahead making preparations for your home to stay warmer this winter. up next he has gone to

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thomas wilmeth became obsessed with the hit the green door. he would listen to the song over and over again on his small record player that sparked a love for music that lasted his entire life. tom knew that listening to music was not going to be enough he needed to write about it too. >> that's true. he started in high school and for 45 plus years reviewed concerts, a.m. bums and inter-- albums and interviewed several musicians. he chronicled his career in this ok the yellow couch. thank you for being here. >> great to be here. >> thank you. >> i think that you fell in love with music on such a deep level not only did you lovelaceening,, listening, but had to write about it. >> the radio was the first thing why hear at my parent's kitchen table then the green door i would play that over and over again. and, i came along at a very fortunate time. i was born in 1955 so when i was

couldn't not write about it. i started to write some things down and i grew up in des moines, iowa. there were a lot of shows coming through there and i was fortunate enough to be able to go to a lot of those shows and find myself going home making notes and they were always looking for writers at the high school paper and it just turned into something i really enjoyed doing. >> because you're actually a professor of english at concordia right? >> i >> writing is bag life. >> it sure is. reading and writing with other students and writing of my own. i have been there for 26 years a great school. i'm in english, i love english and i love shakespeare, but my true passion is writing about music listening to music. >> you have 45 years of reviews you have been doing. you have four genres you cover in the book. pop rock, jazz, country and specialty. >> right. >> what is specialty cover for

a lot about bob dylan. a lot of beatles in there. bruce springsteen. some of the artists i'm fairly passionate about and have written quite a few things about bob dylan especially and the beatles. >> i have one favorite i wonder if you have in him is johnny cash. >> johnny cash, he is the man. johnny cash was so interesting because, he fell into such kind of a low tide for a while. columbia records dropped him all everybody loves him again. but rick reuben brought him back in a big big way. cash is great. >> your voice is so great. will you just say down down down in a ring fire. ? ? [ music ] ? ? >> i knew it. i love it. [laughter] >> that was a good call. >> way to go. >> so perfect i know you have been asked to do that before. >> absolutely. >> that was good. >> i liked that. >> what is your love of defending 8 tracks how can anyone defend them anymore?

and i put them in my attic. a good friend of mine started to show the 8 tracks people would bring to him. i thought i have 8 tracks i'm going to get mine out. i got them out set them up, my tolerant wife i have an 8 track player in the living room. >> you do? >> oh, yeah. it's quirky and i don't listen to them a lot, but it's a long gone format that should never have caught on. but the fact that it did -- >> i don't know what one looks like. >> two 8 tracks up there. elvis and the beatles that has finally come back into print because of ron howard's movie 8 days a week. when they are working right, they sound great. >> not like the chipmunks? >> no they break easy. there are some i don't want to

old now. >> they've got to be worth money too. >> you d got to find the right person. >> speaking of elvis, what are your thoughts what makes him sofas naturing? >> elvis poor guy he was really, when john lennon said before elvis presley there was nothing i think that is right. but after the army he got trapped into the movies and he wasn't able to get good songs, but to answer just really had it whatever it is, i mean he had it in a big big way. >> like that soulful sound. >> just a combination. >> sam phillips said if i could find a white man that had the soul of a black man i would be a millionaire and he found it in elvis presley. >> he was a gem. yeah. >> talk about some of the interviews you had and casual interactions do you have favorites things that surprised you? >> i guess, i'm surprised a

get to tom wade so many times because i was really a big fan from the beginning with tom wades and i would go to minneapolis to see his shows and i would talk to him backstage and while a lot of these people are impossible to get to now he was always very gracious. interactions sometimes in the book it sounds like i'm a heckler because i kind of ask somebody like joan i shouted something and she tom wades quite a few jazz people i have talked to. oscar peterson, eddie harris. a host different people. and i guess that's what i would say i'm happy with the book because i do have there is a lot of jazz in there, a lot of pop and rock in there. there is a quite a bit of country johnny cash i talk about. >> awesome. >> i just like a lot of wide variety of music. >> he is the kind of guy if you are at a cocktail party you hope you end up all night with him

small talk with and you're like i want to getaway. so fascinating to talk to you. thank you so much. and have you a book signing tonight people can meet you. >> right at 6:00 at the grafton library on 11th avenue in grafton and come on by 6:00 to 7:30 at the library. >> people can get a copy of your book and you're going to be doing a reading right? >> i'm going to be doing a short presentation. >> and you will sing too. >> i will take requests. [laughter] >> you can learn more by going >> thanks tom. >> thank you so much. >> appreciate that. >> thanks. do you have an odd remodeling job you need tackled like putting siding on an old out house? huh? after the break no matter what is on your to do list we'll have a great place for to you start.

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welcome back to the morning blend where we're continuing our tour of tosa. wauwatosa is known as the city of home. our producer found that out. some are new, but man many haven around for a long time. >> after a while some things need to be a replaced.

the president of the chamberlin company. >> they move to wauwatosa in 1957. my dad was a salesman in the 50s. then him and another salesman bought the company they bought the name because it was a major concern around the united states. it was been in the family since 1960. everybody is old enough to retire so my wife and i are running it now. she's at home otherwise she would be here because she had hip surgery. >> what is her name? >> her name is denise. so there would have been another pretty lady here on the couch. >> speedy recovery, glad to hear that. talk about what do you in this family business. the tradition you have carried so long to care about? >> well we somebody calls me and

right color to put it on. then my foreman timmy gives them a call when they come up in line to get the work done then he takes care of them from there. >> it's all siding? >> we do roofing and gutters, vinyl siding. i stick with vinyl siding. there are other siding products, but i stick with what i know best. >> and it lasts a long time it's disturbable. >> oh, yeah. you get a good insulation quality you can put behind the siding. >> yeah. as we look at some of these projects some of them especially when you talk wauwatosa has some beautiful homes very unique styles. >> oh, yeah. >> you do all different types of homes. some look much newer. >> that's a screen porch we did for a builder. >> that's cool. >> you guys have a showroom or how can people see all of the great work you have been doing? >> yeah, we have a showroom you can give us a call. we're a small company, we have a secretary. i'm out on my calls so arrange a time to come in i have the

not just wauwatosa. >> we go about 30 miles out. if we go further than that it gets not cost effective for travel time. >> do you do free estimates? >> the estimates are free. >> wow. okay so people just kind of start dreaming and saying what they would like to have done and you can give them an idea of what that might cost. >> i give them my ideas, my opinion when is it comes down to color that's a little iffy. okay. advice on color. so we can come to an agreement yeah this will look good. we have done this before that's why i have pictures to show people. it's a great tool for showing people what we have done in the past. >> and you're part of nari the better business bureau as well. that's an important thing that people always look for. >> i'm glad to have them look that up. better business bureau we have an a plus rating with them. we're spotless on nari so sure

>> what does it take to have an a plus rating. a lot of people have problems with contractors they hire. >> you need a license, i have a city of milwaukee license plus a state license. you have 12 educational credits every two years. you can't pull a permit or put a dumpster on the street without a city permit. so the owners as well if you don't have that license i can take the permit out, but then the homeowner is on the hook for everything nothe >> you can look out for those kinds of things for people. >> that's why they hire me because i know what i'm doing. >> you have been doing it for a long time. >> yeah my dad started bringing me down when i was 13 i have going down there for 49 years. >> that's amazing. quick math i'm 62. [laughter] >> what do you hear? because i think the home is where the heart is. i think so many people love to have their home something they can be proud of when they come

way it looks next to the neighbor's house. what do you hear people saying when you are done with their work? >> we hear a lot from the neighbors. we get repeat and referral business that way. obviously i'm going to satisfy that one person so i can can get everything else in line. >> i love that. >> what are the majority what are the projects you do the most often? >> it's a plethora of them actually. like said roofing and gutters we do i will aluminum raing >> screened in porches. replacement windows and doors pretty much everything on the outside of the house. >> exterior home improvement call the chamberlain man. here's for more information (414)476-3811. chamberlain co.com is the website. a lot of people are familiar

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older than your age and look that way. here with revolutionary ways to treat the dark circles is melinda mckency. throughout this discussion we're going to be seeing a realtime lapse video. it is untouched and it demonstrates how this new product called plexaderm works. right? >> it's so exciting taking the country by storm. just really quickly what it basically does is pull moisture to the surface of your skin while it tightens your skin. >> it's that puffiness as well as the dark circles. so what we tell people is anything on your face that you are worried about, a line, a crease, the bags, the puffiness because what this does is pull the moisture to the surface while it tightens your skin that's how it gets rid of those and works throughout the day. put it on once in the morning you're good to go. >> how long does it take before you really see the results of it? >> we have ritchie in this video applying the cream so we can tell you through time life how it works.

clean dry, no prep work something i like. men as well as women nothing to think about. the reason i like the time lapse it shows the distinction. ritchie here his struggle is the under eye bags he has the actual physical bags under his eyes right. >> that's what i have too. >> it's frustrating because it doesn't matter how much moisturizer how much makeup right they are still there that's the issue. the great thing when you asked how quickly it works can you feel it working quickly right away. within a minute or so you see it decrease. >> for sure we're a minute ten seconds in. the eye on the left is exceptionally different from the eye on the right where you still see large bags. >> it's exciting so we tell people like really ten minutes tops is when the full spectrum happens so we say put the cream under your eyes, your creases, forehead lines whatever you want and dry your hair, brush your teeth do what you need to do. give it ten minutes on your clean dry skin. then if you have a guy if you don't want to moisturize don't. if you are a woman and want to go ahead. the only thing we say is make sure you use a moisturizer

we do offer a serum if you want that in addition to make sure you're using right moisturizer. we want plexaderm to do its job. pull that moisture up and dry the skin. >> then can you put makeup over it. >> who doesn't want to do that i don't want to get rid of my bags and not wear makeup i don't go to my mailbox without makeup on. it's at the tend minute market -- ten minute mark where it is at what plexaderm does. you don't have to think about it you put it on your skin and let it do its thing. >> this video i have seen go viral. it's a powerful product and people have tried so many different things. tea bags, ice. one thing that is really important for us to note this does not involve a doctor visit, it does not involve injections of any kind. >> yeah it's very exciting this is brand-new technology been working on this for a while. they took some of the ingredients there the shell rock, clay from the shell rock and that's how they formulate it

pulling up the moisture which is really important like -- >> that's why you have the rock there. >> that's why i have the rock to show where it comes from and why it is doing what it is doing. that's the big question what is the distinction between this product and the other products. the distinction is the form lace of being able to pull the moisture to the surface, while it tightens it. that's why the bags go away. we're not covering them up. >> there is the rock right there. here is the cream right here. we're going to explain the serum in a moment. >> exactly. so you know what i really like about it is there is no prep work, no doctors no thinking ahead. they have been working on this quite a while. like you said it's on facebook been taking the country by storm because it works. that's why we like to do that time lapse video so people can see. not just the undereye bags lines, creases, forehead lines anything you want to fill that's what you want to use it on it's good for the day. >> taking a look at the video again. you can see after several minutes it is diminished even more so it looks perfectly healthy.

are pulling the moisture to the surface of your skin that's why not everybody needs lotion. that's the issue i have. i just get the lines my skin is super dry. the other thing about ritchie he is a friendly guy, but we asked him not to smile. the reason because we want too see the face exactly the same as before and after. obviously if you smile it changes the effects. we want you to see it like that how that bag has gone away. that's really important we're not covering anything up we're actually making that go away. >> let's look at before and other demonstrations of this product, plexaderm really working and again this is just a cream. this guy -- >> can you stand it? >> i think has huge bags that looks like almost impossible. same with this woman and dark circles. >> so that's the important thing here. every kind of skin we're doing the same thing at the same time, pulling the moisture, tightening the skin. that's what you want and you want it done in a natural way.

>> could you do it on the eyelid? some people have puffy eyelids too. >> what we tell people is anything bothering you that you feel like you want tightened, play around with it and see what works for you. for me it's like the lines right here i don't know why they bother me so much. they shouldn't. they show you smile a lot, but that's my thing. for people with bags that's really important. >> do you that one more time. >> sure yeah this is me this is my thing this is what i worry about. we all have our things right. i didn't like the big indentation on my face and i wanted it to be softer. >> the serum is the one with the something you would recommend if people want to moisturize in addition to the undereye cream because it doesn't have oils in it. >> make sure put this on clean dry skin. if you choose to use a moisturizer stay way from the oils. that's why we offer the hyaluronic serum if you're not sure what you have start it off right. everything has a 30 day money back guarantee. >> special offer too.

moisturizing the skin is easy now too. getting under the eye bags crow's feet, wrinkles to disappear from view is remarkable. that's what that does. this morning blend special for plexaderm is happening right now. the get the plexaderm and moisturizing serum 40% off plus if you buy two, you get the third for absolutely free. call toll free right now (800)865-8214. or you can go to plexaderm.com. great to meet you. >> great to meet you.

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